Senior Product Development Engineer
About The Position
Corning is a world leader in glass, ceramic, and materials science, known for its innovation and ability to push technological boundaries. The company is seeking a Senior Product Development Engineer to lead and support product development projects, providing technical leadership for glass materials and components within the Advanced Optics business. This role involves translating customer and market needs into product concepts, developing material and process solutions, and guiding new products from early development through manufacturing readiness. The engineer will collaborate closely with Development, Manufacturing, Quality, and Commercial teams to ensure technical work aligns with product requirements, business priorities, and customer needs. The position requires broad technical skills, strong product development judgment, effective interdisciplinary teamwork, and excellent presentation and communication abilities. Approximately 30-50% travel is required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Physical/Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Science or related discipline with minimum 3 years of relevant experience
- Demonstrated expertise in ceramic and/or glass material and process/product development, with emphasis on translating technical capability into product performance
- Ability to define product requirements, evaluate performance trade-offs, and connect material/process variables to customer-facing product attributes
- Strong data analysis skills and ability to use experimental results to guide design decisions, qualification plans, and product readiness
- Experience with planning and executing experiments in a team environment
- Ability to strategize and think critically about product-development pathways, technical risks, scale-up needs, and manufacturability and cost
- 30% to 50% travel required
Nice To Haves
- Experience with product qualification, reliability testing, and performance validation for advanced materials or optical components
- Expertise in glass or ceramic optical metrology methodologies and ability to link metrology results to product requirements
- Broad understanding of ceramic processing technologies and how they influence product design, cost, yield, and scalability
- Structured problem-solving techniques, applied statistics, and design of experiments for product-development decision making
- Familiarity with manufacturing processes, process control, and transfer of new products into production
Responsibilities
- Plan and execute product-development experiments, including design of experiments, prototype builds, data analysis, performance validation, and communication of results and recommendations
- Translate technical learning into product specifications, process windows, qualification plans, and manufacturing transfer requirements
- Collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and commercial teams to evaluate new product concepts, reduce technical risk, and support scale-up to production
- Support customer-facing technical discussions by connecting material and process capabilities to product performance, reliability, and manufacturability
- Lead technicians as required and coordinate work needed to deliver prototypes, testing, qualification data, and development milestones
Benefits
- Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives
- 100% company-paid pension benefit
- Matching contributions to 401(k) savings plan
- Medical, dental, vision insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Family building support
- Fitness programs
- Company-paid life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Disease management programs
- Paid time off
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Recognition program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
